John Crosby-Browne

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John Crosby-Browne

*1885 GB
Brass and Soundtrack

Born in England in 1885, hew was a court musician for Queen Victoria, and played music across England and Europe before emigrating to Australia. When WWI broke out, he joined the Australian Light Horse and he was asked to form Australia's first military band. After the war he formed the New South Wales Police Band, which played at the establishment of Canberra and at the 1938 Empire Games. He was also a teacher of clarinet and bass at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He died in 1980, aged 95.

Genres

Brass
Soundtrack
Classical

Plays With

New South Wales Police Band

Band Members

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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